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Poteat, Colleagues Publish Breast Cancer Care Research
August 8, 2021Tonia Poteat, PhD, MPH, a core member of the Center for Health Equity Research and Faculty Fellow at the Carolina Population Center, and colleagues published research on delays in breast cancer care by race and sexual orientation. Tonia Poteat Tonia … Read more
Paul Delamater on COVID-19 in NC
August 8, 2021Paul Delamater appeared on CBS17 to talk about county transmission in NC.
Drinking among first-year college students decreases during pandemic
August 3, 2021First-year college students are reporting drinking less alcohol and having fewer episodes of binge drinking four months into the coronavirus pandemic than they were before the pandemic started, according to a study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel … Read more
UNC to Lead $15 Million Statewide COVID-19 Surveillance Program Funded by NC Policy Collaboratory
August 2, 2021The surveillance program, led by UNC SOM’s Dirk Dittmer, PhD, Amir Barzin, DO, and Gillings’ Audrey Pettifor, PhD, will collect, sequence, and share data on SARS-CoV-2 samples from across the state, providing real-time information on variants circulating in North Carolina. … Read more
Chantel Martin quoted in USA Today
August 2, 2021Faculty Fellow Chantel Martin was quoted in USA Today on the US life expectancy decrease.
Mullan Harris testifies at Senate Committee hearing
August 2, 2021Faculty Fellow Kathleen Mullan Harris, the James E. Haar Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina and Chair of the Committee on Rising Midlife Mortality Rates and Socioeconomic Disparities, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, testified before … Read more
Carmen Gutierrez featured on Pod Save the People
August 2, 2021Faculty Fellow Carmen Gutierrez was featured on the podcast Pod Save the People, where she discussed health insurance complications for previously incarcerated persons.
Cassandra Davis in Greensboro News&Record
August 2, 2021Faculty Fellow Cassandra Davis was interviewed in the Greensboro News&Record about homeschooling during the pandemic.
Justin Lessler quoted in Washington Post
August 2, 2021Faculty Fellow Justin Lessler was quoted in a Washington Post piece on the summer coronavirus surge.
Meet the Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows elected in 2021
August 2, 2021The Carolina Population Center’s Faculty Fellows elected seven UNC faculty members to join the CPC Fellows program in 2021. There are now 78 faculty fellows who sit across 16 academic departments. Fenaba Addo, Public Policy Fenaba R. Addo is an … Read more